The state is becoming a right-wing piggy bank, and the withdrawals will reduce funding for social programs and transit that the right prefers to starve.

Also being sold off - - the state's water law legacy, with actual lakes and waterways available for filling as the Penokee Hills and the Bad River Ojibwe culture are targeted for obliteration under the mining law proposal.

To enrich the Cline Group, one Florida coal-mining, privately-owned and politically-active corporation.

Tax phobic (no mining tax allowed for Wisconsin resource extractors) and right-wing Grand Marshal Grover Norquist said government should be shrunk small enough to be drowned in a bathtub.

Walker, instead, wants to strip it of its best parts and sell them for the benefit of his private-sector, special interest campaign and ideological supporters.

In a democracy and for public policy - - equally damaging and cynical.

Where do I get in line? I would like to pick up a little of that water legacy, and I have some fill that I need to dump somewhere. Do I have to transport it all the way to northern Wisconsin or can I just find a local stream to dump it in around here in Madison? Can I get one of those Indian drums they use when they come here to protest the mines? That would be way cool. I drove by that Penokee hill once but didn’t see much, they can keep that. Is there anything in the Madison area that might be fun to have? I really don’t care to drive up north, too many of those darn trees in the forest for my taste, I hope someone buys them and cuts them down. That would improve the view.

While running for District 4 Assembly last fall I tried to tell the hunter gun owners that the hidden agenda behind bringing in the Texas "Deer Czar" was to begin the process of selling off public lands for the creation of ranches-which he specifically promoted and put in place in Texas; and NO ONE took his comment that public lands are "socialism" seriously. It'sa time to wake up!

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James Rowen, a writer and consultant, has worked for newspapers, and as the senior Mayoral staffer, in Madison and Milwaukee, WI. This blog began on 2/2/ 2007. Posts run also at various news sites, including The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's "Purple Wisconsin."

Walker Penchant For Falsehoods

In more than five years, and more than 9,600 posts, this item about Scott Walker's penchant for false statements remains the most-read posting here. His updated score at PolitiFact: 27 of 43 statements have the word "false" in the ratings. Only 16 "true" at some level.